Parliament's legal team will advise on whether Mkhwebane should withdraw from DPP selection
Parliament’s legal team is expected to give its opinion to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on whetherThe Democratic Alliance has expressed concern about her being part of the interviews because she knows two of the candidates.
Seven candidates were interviewed by Members of Parliament, who will decide who the country’s number two in the office of the Public Protector will be. Two of the names on the list however sparked a long debate in the committee. Shadrack Tebeile, an advocate with his own private practice and Ponatshego Mogaladi who currently works in the office of the Public Protector.
Tebelle has done pro bono work representing the former Public Protector while Mogaladi had testified against Busisiwe Mkhwebane during the impeachment process against her.Mkhwebane described Breytenbach’s concern as unnecessary.The African National Congress agrees. “The idea that the entire process…bit of a stretch,” says Qubudile Dyantyi from ANC.
Parliament’s legal team was asked to weigh in on the matter. Its opinion will be presented to the committee later this week. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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